But then I thought to myself: "Why do people do that? Why do people hurry?"

Why do people rush out to buy "Learning Perl in 24 Hours, Unleashed, in a Nutshell, for Dummies" ... especially when Norvig argues convincingly that it takes ten years, not 24 hours :)

That could lead you into thinking: "if someone experienced sees this, I'll become a joke"

Yes. This is key. The Google gTeams study found that Psychological Safety is, by far, the single most important factor in successful teamwork.

See also:

• My list of references for getting started with Perl
• Reflections on Skills of the Skillful (with a nice response from YourMum about taking intentional, purposeful steps and keeping it fun I see :)
• RFC: Perl Learning Plan (recent node by Leitz)
• Re^2: Google considers Perl a useful skill (update)

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